Title:The power of initiative: Framing legislative policy conflicts in the European Union
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Author(s):DAVITER, FalkDate:2007Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This thesis asks how the framing of policy issues in EU legislative politics influences the way issues are processed, how it affects which interests play a role during policy drafting and deliberation, and what type of ...

Title:E Pluribus Europa? Assessing the Viability of the EU
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Author(s):GLENCROSS, AndrewDate:2007Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2007; Florence, European University Institute, 2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:As a novel and complex polity, also subject to endless proposals for institutional reform, the viability of the EU is an open but under-theorized question. This thesis conceptualizes EU viability from an internal perspective, ...